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Itettîteramt Β ally Htspafrh Axrr \r τ-λ * τ» —— — ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SE'TM)X OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA Π \\ KNΓ\-EKiHTH \EAR LTnKEi!sao"lATEDRPREsaop HENDERSON, N. C., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL l.">. 1!M1 ,^7ΚΙ<Ν'Λ,Ν FIVE CENTS COPY T1771 /λι wiiiie nouse fcgg-Kolling l'honri>hntn !>· Henry A. Wallace, wife of the Vice President, is shown servi 11* Μι-it's.s at the annual eng-rolling festival on the White Ilr.u so lawn, i admiring two year-old Kay Knapp, of Washington, une of the : uateil ΠΙΊ,ΙΚΗ) persons who participated. Mrs. lîoox-vi lt missed the eiiuiuny iur the tirst time, because of attending the West. Coast wedding of her son James. British Force Races To Defense Of Suez German -Italian Counter Offensive Raises Possibility That Egypt May Be Drawn Into War; Agreement Ratified. ιΓ·> 1 lie Assoeiiilod Pressl . :.il- ul Πι iti.-h imperial • lc;i. ι (I 11· m ι : the east Afri ! ι * ,i. πι· repoi ted 11ig to > π ι· Egypt today :ti a race .\mechanized columns driv 1 ι.t th" Siu1/ canal. ( '.■ . ι ..ii 11.. 1 ..m counter ol [en . ed !.,(.* |Hi~xibdity that Egypt, ι H >11 i >i ■ 111 ui-11 ί 11 ally, might '■ draw ii into the war. 11 r- ion the Egyptian ■ >I di p itn· rat il ied an ::ent reached between the gov lit and liiiti-h auth nties. The : the agrciment was not dis , I mi; .mI nl tin· .ι*<i. expedi y l ■ ii iv ,n north Al nr.i was rc • ι pi ι·, ng deeper nto Egypt ·· - iptui nig Saluni ulst inside «IH 1; .li.-h in :di i a- ta t command aiiu .aneed tiiat Hull Uer ■ i.iken pi ■ 'tier, nnire than . ilda. ι s killed and 1S ol •i!·. . (It .-troyi-d in a repulsed \ I·■ ι cI.ίy 'Ίΐ I ■ Ί h uk. Libyan i n 11 ■ m; the Egyptian ! ,i ii ι ι·. 11< ■■.. It d.'.t il lo.. i ng .: ' laul;s. • i ι,·· area !'■.■ British coill i wo nlncted lo.-sos on 1 y by patrol and artillery ' .Ί1].'' COAST R AlDt.D BY NORWEGIAN NAVY Y1 · ι ! Λ ι >!' i 1 1 "> ( Λ I ' ) Nor ·■ n... ,il inrci's u.-ing une »>| the j ' 1 ' νπ Iii itain obtained from the ι ' 1 t» »| si itrs made «m "extremely ι '· I'll" raid in northern Norway | • ·ι111. ih»» N»ii \y(\m;m Telegram ! ! ■ * iui today. (|tiutm^ a mes thi* Norwegian legation in i 1 · : · ( 1 · 111 Πιι· bureau said the raid was car 'l ί j ' \\ agreement with the 1 > r i t— •(| .illν which turned the for— ' \n.encan warship ι»\c*i* to the ·.' Ά navy. Motorist Murdered Lynchburg, Va., April 15.—(ΛΡ)—i 1'·'■ dently leuccd at gun point to] 111 1 I.ii' ι>11 his route oil a trip trom I'lnladelphia to Charleston, W. Va., 1·'ιΐ'(ΐ \V Hi,yce. ôr>, retired Pennsyl vania auto dealer and World \\ a. v, |i !aii. was shot and left to die on a hifihv. \ n, ;|V here last night. I ·.<■ Killer then drove Boyce's car further south on route 2ti iynchburg and abandoned it. 'la slaying resembled in some pon'i- the killing February 24 of two f-ii Mitown. Pa., men. Robert F. Div λ' ' and Th.iddeus K. Florkiewicz. \ whilst· oui let-pierced bodies were j found twelve hours apart in Caroline t'unity. V,,„ and near Morganton, Ν ' Their deaths were attributed to! « hitch hiker. Hopkins Gets New Position Washington. April 15.—I'resi drnl Kuosrvrlt toda\ placed ll.n ι \ I.. Hopkins officially in charge ol purchasing and acquisi tion of war materials for all countries benefitting under the lend-lease act. Deals with other countries which involve consideration of f< .reign polic> will he handled h\ the State department. Hopkins, former secretary of Commerce and WI'A administra tor. lias been supervising lend lease purchasing operations since the act was passed several weeks ago, hut only in an unofficial capacity. U. S. Tanks And Planes Said To Excel \V ι- 11 m J411 'Π. April I ■"> (AIM The ι Hid' ; ι <Ί ι '.ι r> ι Ί U .· ι Hubert I ' 1 :1111 ι ·>>ιι ti.l.i tin .-n.it. ii> today th,'it lin1 An; y' Iij;l11 and medium tank ■ wf π upcrior in speert, iinnni and wo; 11 η in In Ihi'-i· o| any other army" .iiifl its bumbinK ;md pursuit plant bet U τ than Kill · >pi·' 1 n'st I111<·ι -i-ti testit led before llic Son ate dt'lcii c nivi't ig.iting connu it too. In .ι I " 11 y 111 y explanation ut the rtl'l'l'llsi· I Ί tll'l II CI. :l lit program, Pat ti ι soil assorted tli.it chaîne- that 111* War department had favored large concerns in letting contracts wen. "unfounded." As lui' uei'fiiapliical factors in de fense contracts. Patterson -aid: "Wo had to take industrial Amor ioa as wo found it. For steel wo went to the established steel mi'Is. K. r automobiles we went to Detroit. (Continued on Page Twni Decretory otimson warns Of 'Dangerous Emergency' Was.· ingliin, April 15.— (ΛΡ)— Secretary Stimson solemnly warned a Senate invvsugating committee to day that the United States was lac-, mg " ι dangerous emergency" which "may he very prolonged." Testifying; as the first witness be-1 lore a new defense investmnting c m mittee. the War department head in dicated that in future preparations to meet this ^UTgency the nation's civilian needs may be further subor dinated to the military program to expedite production oi war supplies. He did not say just how long he though I he danger period might last, but he declared that to meet what ever situations might arise the Army was planning a program of training which will c ver "many successive military unit; and many aucceaaht instalments of men and which in the aggregate may last tor li\t· years." "Thus far the department has un posed its military program on top of the normal commercial operations ol the country and to date the govern-1 ment had done little to subordinate the civilian needs of the country t its military program," Stim-am :~aid. "Possibly we can improve our rates ι of production if we cut into those , needs." Paying tribute to the preparatory work done by the Army general staff and the War department in getting the defense program into operation. Stilus· η .--aid it had made possible the delivery of weapons and other equipment from right to twelve months ahead of tin World ι \\ ai schedule. ι ι Phlorina Is ********** * * * * Captured ******* LowerTaxExemptionsTalked Johnson Would l ax M income i Senators Declare Americans Ready and Willing to Pay Heav ier Income Taxes to Finance Defense ; Spending Bill Discuss ed. WrtMiiiiKltin. Λρ.ιΙ Ι.. (ΛΙΜ Talk ni ι ii;i k 11 iu every penny < >f the individual la>: payer's earned per sonal iiK'uine .·.llli.ii i l lu leriei'ai lax atinn cropped up in the S- nat.· t day wiiilc leaders tentatively scheduled consideration <>1 another big spend ing bill. Senators Johnson. Democrat. Coin nifln, ;>nu Herring, ■ )emoerat, Iowa, declared that Americans arc ready and willing tu pay heavier incume taxes tu help linanee delen.se. .Ju'in s π suggested thai existing exemp tions o! $:?,(.ho lor married per; uns and $800 iur ingle individuals he • J 1 ■ I i ■ ' Ο ι I 1 ι I I I ' ! V . I 11 I 1 111^ 111 > posed 11>w. rin,14 the exemption:, to $1,51)0 and $500. The ;i ppn >j > f : 11 i< >n legislation—a ί 1.151!.:'.72.(!M2 . yjply measure for ! the Treasury and Post Office depart ments was ready for Senate ae ; tion. but Democrat Leader Barkloy •aid considérât ι η might be delayed i unies.- Senator McKellar, Democrat, 1 Tennessee, who has been ill, coul I ; be present to serve as floor manager. In eontrowi -y v. as .i section pro \ iding an SHOO,000 subsidy for es ] tablisbmrnt of a new trans-Atlantic i air line by the American Export 'Steamship Line.-. Supporters con i tend that it would pr vide needed ser\ ice and strengthen this c un try's po.-ition in transoceanic trans poi'tation. Opponents aid it would give American Kxport a "practical monopoly" on air .aid water trans portation to Kurope. School Bus Probe Ordered Ualeigh, April I.'i. -(Al'J—Λ »ur· vcy of lia· ' wliole .-ciio I bus situa tion m North Carolina" was ordered today by (ίοκίπιοι Uioughton as the result of the death ol a child yester day in Wake county. The child, Richard Kearney. 7, was backed over by a bus. The death was tiie second school bu.-> lability m Wake county m less than a m nth Broughton directed that the sur vey be made by laeutuiant Governor R. L. Hani . I.loyd Griffm, secre taiy ol tlie tal· schoul commission, ; and Clyde Λ I,ru in, stall" super intendent ol public iili-truction. HITLER RECOGNIZES STATE OF CROATIA Iterlin, \|iril l.">.— (ΛΓ)—Adoll' llitler formally recognized the neu independent stale ut' Croatia today in a telegram to Premier Kvateruik. Κ was announced that Croat and axis representatives would meet to discuss mutual problems including the designation of boundaries. V w Τ Two Confess Aid In Break Murder Charges Are Lodged Against Men Who Admit Part In Sing Sing Escape. W ite IΊ.ί ι Ν Υ., April I ï. — (AIM Tu ι < ■ ' de ». iclo « 11 tlic ci m \ ict 11■ i<> îi ; .! · hed «rit ni Siηβ Sum ν· I ' ι ·:· it h .ι lu s ni Γ îi r !i · · .■ admit In! · ι· Iν ·κΙ ■·.. they part in the dr.ii '' prison break and were ehargtd with iir-t decree murder District .V' i'.v Filbert 'Γ. Gnl lagher aid ' ' iltcr hour < » Γ grill ing by ■ t. » t < i< \ V i ! ! i ; ι η Wado, .'52. and fedward Κ · ίι η. eonfessi d snniliggl mu revolver i n to the big pri · :i> ι · ι 11 « · ι» r m ι go un'rirr the cha - « 1 11 k deli·, ery truck. Wit th« · !)Ί!,. .!·, p;>h I?ior dan, C 4h <i r 1 t VI c( î de nul John Wat er. forced 1 < way 1 temporary I reei torn e A te· day 11 ter kill ing .ι pi · ί (I \V.11■1 i p -ι 1 I'or this \v11ί ! e in ι i^m d κ ! ill ().·>·! inn:·, · - . < pel;.· ι , τ ι ;ι| - was shun. Η i· ltd. ι u . MeGal· . r.eped acros.·* Un· Il i ■ η river ι · t wen captured ,i !11 ·ι·Μ 1.·' ·! i : · ' ft)tilth III· !" ' 1 I th.it III .. pi :-"U er who died ' nock. NAZIS' EASTFRN FORTIFICATIONS ARE INSPECTED IWÏ,!i. Aim. I·. ( AP)— Μ πι ..ι Mum! -m Γ ii. who h iilt ! .· G en nu η Sieg!'; «·< ; line t »r we>t ·.·. ■ li;is gone tu P"i md w ith three »: closest c t » ' I ; 11111 · : ' t ■ » : »·#>»> , · . · ι pce! en o' C i· · :r myV e,i tern loi ' - fieations. The trip u !l mke Todt along the G( rnian-Ru-^..1' frontier. Then and> ut German un «·: - have been ci i li - ging ii η east wall ever >ince the new hordei between Germany and Κ sia was agreed upon. Four Men Killed in Soft Coal War Armistice Plea Reported lïudapest. \pril ! Γ».— (ΛΓ) — Olfierit quarters said today that \ u^oslavia li.id asked for an armistice. C ont idcntial information reach inj; here. j;o\ eminent circles aid. was il:.«t Yugoslavia. made the request to (icfniany today. (Authorized military and dip lomatie quarters in Berlin denied any know h due ol · Yugoslav ar mistice request and informed Milliers id l.niidon declared Use rcpoi t ι t\j hit ni («oehhels Γ·» < naganda.' < Indications in Hci iin \\ ci e (ii.π the a\U would attempt to fore·" capitulation ot Serh Γο: ce-, as vas the case with the I'olisfi arm.ν . Barde η Protests v..ι Uiijtiin, April 15.—(AP)—«I 1 ». Ill 11, i Ji · i ι. ■ αι.it, ■ill), I >1 < tested 111 till· De •Jii lue !oilay ag.iuist ι'ΐΊ ■> ι · ting tilles l kind 11 >.■· tt - ΜΓι.οιιο,ΐιΟΟ Mui'ilu· bast. m ' μ 11 y, Ν. C. I! 'tfii .iid tin.- would hold up ι i> cut· ' - laud owners and handi <· Ρ t!■ t η establishing now I.· m "ΙΑ ci viuii.' scuns tu be in $ hurrj ι I'epartnient oi Ju.-ucc,' l'a: in m .iid. it ' -.-η. an said the delay v. ι h oiicy because uU'cr g. in . as the Farm Security Attn ι . would have tu care ι,.i ·.· κ .ι :amilies. " Γ · .·· need Κr tin- when 11 i.i u ii ι \ legal talent could I'U-ar ■ s· t:.i 'île.- in no time," he went nil. Tin Ma C is acquiring ap proximate^ (m ι'ι η ι acres, necessitat-1 ing removal : a. . r IUH) families. Harden -a.ii lie had Keen inform ed the eoiiti.tt ι r construction of the base prooabiy would be awarded this wtek. The Marine Corps ex pects t . begin mo\ ing marines into the area about mid-summer and about 14.0t)ii Marines ev entually will ue yu<u It-icd al the uaac. Guns Blaze in South east Kentucky Field Leaving Four Dead Eight in Hospitals, 1 to 20 Hurt Less Sen ously. MidfMt'sbcjro, Κν., April lf>. ( ΛI I·'· · 1 · ··· I led (Mtllil ..till· itc ni hiisj.ùlals and an estrinnU I ! ι « :!'| nil 1 ■ · I ι ,1 ·(! ic;i I In ilinn .: ly t■ " 1.1,1». Klilil m· m tli utli· ι. ! ken'iM-i.·. '»!l comI ιield * Γ ! it (lr.il Γ \\ ΙΓ. "d' 1 ·. -I Miridlcslic I I, li'iio i... I W S'l Γ C'dm· Co '1 " Γ ι ί ' ; 111 \ ■I soft <·.. '1 ''':1 ■ ι ■■ ι. t'oundi '! ο, \ |( I" 11ίι Ί1 III'. ■ ' till' II I. . !.' ·ι ιΊ Tcnn « . Ί ··'·· ' 11 ι y put π I" ·· -· · '■ I Muliii" ι I'l'd ill • I·., Krn it ' 'III III . It'll I u I ' ι _ι· Two ) URK1SH-RUSSIAN TALKS ARE HELL Istanbul. \'»iil 11 ' delayed) ( \Γ rnlitit.il lalks ot an un disclosed 11 :i I iii t*- \\ ι ι < reported tiuderw.iv tonight between Soviet I!iissia .md Turke\ . The talks were understood to be in progress at Ankara, Tur key's eaitiial. Turkish reaetion to the new Japanese >n\ :e: nentralii\ part meanwhile \\ ιχ that "it of di rect eoneern to (iermany." Cnox Favors /inson Biïî Washington. Apt 1 là (ΛΓ) a\ y Sécréta \ Kiio\ told the Hons ;i\ ;ι 1 committee today that he i\\: roved < 11 .t p !< >\ i>ion in the Yinso ι il to pri»\'u1e .ι "«μ m » I ! » ί u οΓΓ ' peri ο flore .ι strike could he called in dt snse industry. The secretary had 1o]tf the comrni •e thai "we a*e in the midst of th ν Continued on Page Two) Nazis Crack Aiiies' Line In Greece Athens Acknowledges British and Greeks Forced to Retire To Deeper Front in Cent er of V-Shaped De fense Line. < K\ I II*· \ssii: i.i ted I'rrss) VI..I1 H 11er' bjit/l· ι m·': ill idol , 'it till· 1I" : I it ■ .! till' V Ih ! ,l| d Helen e 111: ·) fit >■· ··.· ; 11 >t in ■ I tin· key t.. vu ··: !'· |··ι · ι ill .1 I I I II Π I 'lit I Î ' I .111(1 : " : red til' 1 !l !. ' ! . 11 I C . ι ΙΊΊ- . t., ιι Ι ι ' < ι , de· ι lei 11· .:it '11 111· lent.']', t . ackn v.1 lodged in AI hen to day. ' 4| III I i .· : .< It 11 .· ill no · ■, 1.1 ; ι -. e,ι elo ΓΐΊ'ΐ'Γ. i d Berlin 11·|»i■ r! ili.it Vu.,1 j mm via b.-id ·Ί · l.eci : ;in ιιιίγ ' ι· ■ v. itli :!>< ; x.- Thei ■ \va? HQ imme diate ·ι!Ι s ι ■ . 11 ι·ίιι! ι; it : 11 i < · η. I 11itier's high i'i«r.i:i nd room ; d t ! ; .it î ι ; ι / 11 · ■ > I ■ "('ι . ι) j;od Ft' >' en. and ne;n i\y Kozane in Grcece, hi Il 11 le- .Iiith of Ift<- AB'ii'liilll-YliU'e I slav border junction. , II t! ie. t ■ ηιι :ιιι 1 h;.t Ιίκ nil· ■ sur Cored at least a 40-n ile setback i»ef re taking a new -tand. In Yugoslavia. the Gent .η high c tnrnand said na/i and Italian trim;,, were .speeding1,tiiv "pur ait and e" circlement" of remnants of the Serb army which v. as -aid to be put'u.g iiji "localized" resistance in the Sarajevo sector. On tin· right llank. the British an nounced better success in stemming tl.e nazi onslaught. ; British troops were said to have — hurled back a series of assault- by German columns in the Mount Olym pus sector in eastern Greece. Athens dispatches .-aid the na/i were advancing into Greece η ttie left after occupying Phlorina. the northernmost hinge of tin old allied defense line Countering British claim- of hav ing repulsed nazi thrusts m the Mount Ο îy m pus sector, Hitler's high command declared that German forces were pursuing the British in : être 1 south of Salonika. British rear guards were pictured a a t te μ ι p* : ng i,. -!n\v the n:iZ: stc· ■ a , : lit ; ' I iv exten- vi ■ de ' via-t n ·η Λ . ' ■ zed q :a rl ■ : ■ η Her'. ι : de * clared the German high command ! ι a d fiai uvrn'rt indisputable prool that til· linfish were preparing a : ■.ι tret ι ''at I : : ( î recce. " Kngl 11 ;■ Γ ι\ ior flu· ιιιοκ» • ■ ■ .1 : perpetrated on ' ti ally, tl ■ · -aid file I 'lid·.·; ! ... however do '! ·Ί . ''d ' I ' ' 'ia; l; ' ί rem ■ 11 i">arc* ttoW moving up to front I i ι : < · in fîrrocc. BIG BRITISH CRU I SFR ACKNOWLEDGED SUNK rt I,..Ml·.,,, April !.. A!') -Ln,, of I' »..·> t. ! I·., -iwnturr . tckt i ! >· j. 1 t ! -y the : ι ft 11 ι n ii.-- « <■· .·Ί '· · ■ <· ·' ι \ ' ·;. , ;>;mi the ι η ι. t an not u ice. ι ι icirt '! < · i'j·· ι. ·.,1 ' \ ..■ · η t'hfM tin Η «I. ... tii'» 1. · M »ri "1 II,r m liking i ..lid ;itldO"fi nn! ν "Nr-.l « > I kill of < ;1 ι i,i I In. i i : ι ν··· in « ·η in I - <n ι ted." I Small Mills Follow Lead More Than Τ w ο - Thirds of Steel Work ers of Nation Get Pay Increases. B\ Πκ· Λ - · ■ >oia tod Pre - ) Wage iiiruMM·» ut ti-n cents an 11. ι : i ι wei e oiled ve today tor ;i η m ( .easing ι .ι h>riι>' "1 the nation's stool \\ ι>rk» i s as smaller milts fol lowed 'ho load sot yesterday by I'nited St,,n Steel Corporation and nthoi large producers. Win It the wane increases and tithe: concessions swept away most ot the rough spots in stooi labor relations, the s ift coal tieup remained in el' p loot do-pito the appearance of Sec . ietar> ο ι Labor Perkins lioiore man i agonient and union representatives 1 tioadlookod on terms of a new con - tract. About 432,00(1. or more than two thirds ol the steel workers in the na e turn, were informed by last nign' I (Continued on Page Two) 3 Die, 2 Convicts Caught in Sing Sing Break -·' If· s·. ' ΓΓςΓ····» ΐββκ· Six hours aft··!· throe convicts shot their way out of Sing Sinir Prison in Ossinincr. X. Y.. killing a guard ami a policeman, the surviving fujritivi*s wvre captured ι: r··.· miles away, across tin· Hudson Riwr. Top left is convict John Water s, shot during the ltrcnk. Ί"··ρ r: · 'it. convict Joseph Riordan grove's on the floor <">1 tl;e New City police station after capture. Lower left, a man holds the other escaped I hup, < "arl McCiale. Lower center, John llartye, the siain guard. Lower n,. at, Patrolman James Fa:·.:".. - · killed. ( t 'cm f -a' !'ress ' WEATHER FOR NORTiA CAROLINA 1'artl.v cloudy and continued warm tonight: WcdiU'sdav con siderable cloudiness, showers and couler. Weather forecast for tlie period beginning at 7 ::ί0 |>. m. April 15 and ending at 7:30 p. in. April 19—Showers indicated middle and latter part of period: tem peratures above normal with luulnu lendtiuj liuluv.
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